Thank you, I understand you.
Well... both of us built a long time ago, then sold and bought and changed again etc., and now we are building again, rather out of "necessity," because a legal issue has arisen in the currently self-designed and stylish residence, on which I don't want to be dependent in old age.
An old friend from the profession, whose perspective has been good for us in all projects, occasionally takes a look at our (Senóra) designs. In addition, we do this more out of joy than simple necessity. When it is finished, I could start again immediately—
The general contractor is implementing this well so far, and I like his objections or ideas and they make sense; he apparently enjoys his job and has understood the general direction we want. Otherwise, we wouldn’t be contract partners.
From my own experience, I know of course that one is always guided by all kinds of mostly unnecessary influences. With my first house, I could have easily saved 100,000 DM on pointless nonsense. For that, I should have hired a proper architect.
Nevertheless, it was a decent house for the time, but it would have been just that without all that stuff too.
A few houses/apartments/financial fluctuations later, I am not so susceptible anymore, although that could also be an illusion. Today I read a lot about KNX, controlled residential ventilation, KfW and the like—Spanish villages—and inform myself about it. But I know my life and what I need and what I do not.
When I read the original poster here, I remember my first building phase; maybe everyone has to go through this for themselves. Back then there was no internet, and in hindsight, that was no disadvantage. When I drive through new housing developments today, I don’t really see much innovation but rather more prefabricated gimmickry.
Your hand sketch thing probably has something to do with age—(so over 25), after that, the flowers around the report counted more than its factual content.
Just yesterday, we received another beer coaster sketch as an idea, and based on that, we are crafting our own thing.
Just like others play tennis or do Thai boxing, we like to do this; a nice hobby.
Thank you for your work here!
By the way, we completely changed our own floor plan (see post) to now largely revert it again and still adapt it so that the tips from the forum suitable for us can be appropriately reflected in it.
Your note "You will always think of me" has also found its place in this, although in a slightly different way, so as not to always have to think of you. The threat worked, then.